grisaille

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French grisaille. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪl === Noun === grisaille (countable and uncountable, plural grisailles) (art) In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting. A stained-glass window in this style. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁi.zaj/ ~ /ɡʁi.zɑj/ === Etymology 1 === From gris +‎ -aille. ==== Noun ==== grisaille f (plural grisailles) grisaille gloom (gloomy weather) ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: grisalla → English: grisaille → Italian: grisaglia → Portuguese: grisalho → Spanish: grisalla === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grisaille inflection of grisailler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “grisaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French grisaille. === Noun === grisaille f (invariable) alternative form of grisaglia === Anagrams === sigillare, sigillerà